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UNITEDv STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MARC DARRIN, OF WILKINSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO THE KOPPEBS COMPANY, OF PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA, A CORPORATION OF PENNSYL- VAN IA.

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To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I,- Mano DARRIN, residing at \Vilkinsburg, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have in vented a new and useful Improvement in Iaints or Varnishes and Methods of Making the Same, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to paints and varnishes, and is designed to provide a valuable product of this character having as an im portant ingredient therein certain resin products resulting from the recovery of light oil from gas made from coal, coke, lignite, shale or petroleum.

For example, in obtaining benzol from b product coke ovens, the gases from the co e ovens are passed through a tower where the benzol hydrocarbons are absorbed in heavy petroleum oil. This etroleum oil is then taken off and distilled to obtain hydrocarbons in the form of an oil, technically known as light oil. This light oil is then distilled to obtain the benzol content and other constituents. such as toluol and solvent naphtha. This distillation of the light oil produces residues from which valuable resins are recoverable. I refer particularly to resins produced in the manner described in the patent of F. W. Sperr, J r., and myself No. 1,263,813, and the resins produced by a process such as described in my Patent No. 1,236,917.

I have discovered that a paint or varnish possessing extraordinarily good chemical and electrical resisting properties can be made from resins of this character by combining them with certain oils, which I have found most suitable for this purpose. The oils which I have found most suitable for this purpose are known commercially as China wood oil, linseed oil, soy bean 011, poppy seed oil, perilla oil, corn oil, etc. These oils may be employed either in a raw condition or after boiling or other treatment. They may also be previously rendered heavy boiled by oxidation or other wise.

As an example, a preferred method of reparing my new product consists in heatof the above described resins rwith one or more of the oils above mentioned to a temperature of approximately Specification of Letters Patent.

PAINT OEVARNISII AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME.

350 degrees E, if the oil has already been previously boiled. If the oil has not been previously boiled, it is preferable to heat the material up to from 450 to 570 degrees F., in a manner to effect a proper thickenin and combination of the materials. In such case, it is also advisable to add ordinary driers, such as litharge, prior to or during the cooking process. The charge should be maintained at the above temperature or thereabouts until the material becomes as viscous as possible, without danger of its gelatinizing or darkening. Of course, the oils and resins may be melted and cooked separately,'being combined later at the lower temperature mentioned. This procedure, however, is not always as advantageous as that above described, particularly if China Wood oil be used, as the latter does not show as much tendency to gelatinize or decompose when heated with the resins, especially at relatively high kettle temperature.

After the above described treatment is completed, the material is cooled and is thinned with any ordinary thinner, such as turpentine, turpentine substitutes, petroleum distillates, te'xico spirits, naphtha, benzol, benzin, toluene, or the like.

To ive a more specific example, I may state t at I have obtained an excellent varnish by using the following proportions:

Resin as obtained in the manner described in said Patent 1,236,813, 250 parts by weight; China wood oil, 650 parts by weight; litharge, 20 parts by weight; turpentine, 2000 parts by weight.

These proport'ons, however, may be very greatly varied and I do not des re to l1 m1t myself in any way to them, it being possible to produce varnishes for different purposes under a considerable variation in these proportions. V

Linseed or other of the oils above mentioned can be substituted in part or completely for the China wood oil with good Patented Sept. 9, 1919.

Application filed January 18, 1919. Serial No. 271,900.

part of their gleneral composition are very tough and har The-dried films resulting from their use are to electrical action. hey are also entirely unaffected by hot moist fumes or by corroding gases or by chemical action of any descrlption, except that of the very strongest mineral acids, such as nitric acid. Strong alkalis have ractically no efiect on the surfaces coated tion. In fact, it is comparable in its ine ness to parafiins, being neither acidic nor basic in its properties.

Such paint or varnish is very suitable for the addition of delicate colorings, dyes, pigments, etc, because of its chemical inertness which in no way affects or modifies the most delicate shades.

I do not limit myself to the production of the product in the manner described.

I claim:

1. A aint or varnish comprising a resin. obtain from solvent naphtha Sub ected to a i autoclave process and a paint or varnish o1 2. A paint or varnish comprising a heat polymerized resin obtained from solvent articularly resistant with this compoiinaphtha combined with paint or varnish oil and a volatile-solvent.

3. A paint or varnish comprising a resin obtained from solvent naphtha combined with a paint or varnish oil, a drier, and a volatile solvent.

4. A aint or varnish comprising a resin obtained from solvent naphtha combined with China wood oil, a drier and a volatile solvent. V i

5. In the manufacture of paints and varnishes, the improvement which consists in mixing a resin obtained from solvent naphthe with a paint or varnish oil, and subsequently heating the mixture to a temperature in the neighborhood of from 450 deees F. C

grees F. to 570 de 6. In the manu acture of paints and varnishes, the improvement which consists in mixing a resin obtained from solvent naphtha with China wood oil, and subsequently heating the mixture to a temperature in the neighborhood of from 450 degrees F. to 570 de F.

n testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

MARC DARRIN. 

